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Issue # 1- 15 – April 1, 2013

The 2013 Challenger for the World Championship:

Magnus Carlsen (Norway)

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Table of Contents Page Articles, etc. Visit to the Capablanca Chess Club in Havana 4 FIDE 2013-4 Women’s Grand Prix 19 FIDE April 1, 2013 Regular Rating List ( Open/Women ) 20 FIDE April 1, 2013 Regular Rating List – Canadian Rankings ( Open/Women ) 30 Teaching Classic Games of Chess – Philidor’s Passed Pawn Endgame 50 Ken’s Chess Trivia 58 TCN Readers’ Chess “Sightings” 59 TCN Readers Have Questions 59 TCN’s “Readers’ Opinion” Column 59 Tournament Reports 2013 Candidates’ Tournament, England 7 2013 Karpos Open, Macedonia 16 St. Clement Active, Toronto 37 Hamilton Winter Open 46 Organizations with News Reports Chess Federation of Canada ( CFC ) 28 Greater Toronto Chess League ( GTCL ) 38 Scarborough Chess Club ( SCC ) 39 Annex Chess Club ( ACC ) 43 Aurora Chess Club 45 Tournament Notices Guelph Spring Pro-Am 60 GTCL Cup 60 Toronto Closed Championship 60 Oriole Chess Club Simul 61 Toronto Youth Championship (CYCC Qualifier) 62 Community Bulletin Board 62

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NOTE re GAME ANALYSIS I use Fritz 13 in my game analysis. My research, using Fritz for many years, establishes that Fritz 13 evaluates 1.e4, 1.d4, and 1.Nf3 as a “ slight “ advantage to White, whereas historically, these positions were generally considered equal. Many still dispute this evaluation. Though W has "initiative", some/many ( ? ) feel Bl., with best play, equalizes. But in my research on the three W openings where Fritz gives +/= after W's first move, Bl never should equalize, as long as W does not make a mistake (a general operational principle). And true enough, even into the middlegame of my " perfect " games, Bl. remains +/=!!. So the computer has now convinced me to switch camps, where I used to believe in " Black equality ". However, it may be that the "horizon effect" will yet establish equality for Black when the "perfect game" is taken far enough. But, since I am using Fritz 13, I therefore follow its lead, and so have felt it necessary to make some note re these first moves. In the past, I gave this explanation above in annotations to these three first moves. But, for regular readers of my analyzed games, I know this annotation became irksome; but people who are new, come to my analyzed games on the TCN Website, or where a TCN newsletter has been forwarded to them, and, for them, an explanation of this unusual Fritz 13 feature is required, to understand what I am doing. However, I agree with some readers who suggested a general explanation would be preferable to the annotation in every game starting with these three moves ( which is most of them ). I appreciate my repeat readers' patience ‘til this change. I therefore began using this other format of a general explanation after the table of contents, to explain this interesting computer phenomenon ( and not insert it into the actual annotated game ). In the game score, I will just note the symbolic and numerical evaluation by Fritz on these first moves. I hope this small change improved the quality of TCN for all subscribers.

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Visit to the Capablanca Chess Club in Havana

By Hedi Stroempl, Scarborough CC Member

I recently spent a month in Havana, Cuba, enjoying the warm sun and the wonderful people of Cuba, as well as my Canadian companions, we were 24 in all, mostly retired teachers.

I had heard that the Capablanca Chess Club in Havana, welcomes visitors from Canada, especially if they bring one or more tournament-worthy chess sets as gifts. With the help of Maurice Smith, President of the Scarborough Chess Club, I had obtained such a set, and by means of the internet, a helpful hotel clerk's wife and Mr. Basil Boardman, our group leader in Cuba, I had obtained the complete address, 54 Avenue St. Innocente, and opening hours, 12 p.m. to 10 p. m. daily, of the club. It is named after the three-time Cuban world champion by that name whose picture hangs prominently on the wall of the club hall.

Photo by Hedi Stroempl

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One afternoon I ventured out by taxi, asking the driver to "wait five minutes" in carefully rehearsed Spanish, in case the club was not open or not "welcoming". As I crossed the street I saw people playing chess on the side-walk. I managed to ask "when will it open?" in Spanish. "Soon" was the reply. A thirteen-year old named Jefferson Perez invited me to sit on the sidewalk and play him. I pointed out that the sidewalk is "no limpido" it's not clean! Out came numerous hankies to wipe away the worst and I sat down. Jefferson was very good, he beat me twice, I beat his proud father. The hall never opened that day. - I startled my companions on my return to the hotel: "I am unable to sit down for the happy hour in my dirty pantsuit." It and my hair had suffered from the massive pollution present in down-town Havana as well as the sidewalk dust.

I did go for a second visit, gift in hand, and also my tablet which has Shredder chess for Jefferson to try. When asked to donate the tablet too I explained that "Cuba has no Wi-Fi yet". Now I am sorry that I was so stingy. I am told that they are to get Wi-Fi soon via South America. The chess set was received by a young director seen playing me in a cap

- I had a win and a draw. I had a good openings and he did not know that my end-game is weak. My second partner was Adrian Rodriguez. He won every game against me and kindly helped me memorize Spanish chess terms. I did go once more when a tournament was planned, but the volume of noise prevailing in the hall prompted me to make a fast exit.

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There is a clean washroom on the premises, (not a given in Cuba) but no running water, instead a heavy bucket is supplied; my hand-sanitation bottle came in handy.

The Havana CC - Adrian Rodriguez on left; unnamed club director on right.

Photo by Hedi Stroempl Invitation: TCN encourages freelancers to submit topical chess articles for our lead article. Send on your article and we’ll review it with you, with a view to using it ( we may suggest some editing, but generally very minor ). You will get full credit in the publication. We will also post a bit of personal information on the freelancer, if they are agreeable.

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INTERNATIONAL

Candidates’ Tournament

The first round of the Candidates tournament in London started March 15th, 2013. It runs to today, April 1 (final Rd. 14 ), with April 2 available for tie-breaks if needed. Here is the official website.

FIDE and AGON, the commercial partner of the World Chess Federation, have organized arguably the strongest Candidates tournament in history in London. The

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average rating is 2787. The tournament is an 8-player double round robin with 4 rest days. The prize fund shared by the players totals € 510,000.

The following eight players qualified for the tournament:

• the top three player from the 2011 World Cup: Peter Svidler (2747, Russia), Alexander Grischuk (2764, Russia) and Vassily Ivanchuk (2757, Ukraine);

• the player who lost the 2012 World Championship Match: Boris Gelfand (2740, Israel);

• the top three players with the highest average FIDE rating on the July 2011 & January 2012 lists: Magnus Carlsen (2872, Norway – highest rated player ever), Vladimir Kramnik (2810, Russia) and Levon Aronian (2809, Armenia);

• one nominated player by the organizer: Teimour Radjabov (2793, Azerbaijan).

The winner of the Candidates will have the right to challenge World Champion Viswanathan Anand of India.in a world title match which is scheduled to take place in November 2013.

The Tournament Winner was the top seed, Magnus Carlsen ,with 8.5/14 pts.. But he only won on tie-break over Vladimir Kramnik, with whom he was tied after 14 rounds. .

Carlsen thus qualified to play Viswanathan Anand, 15th World Champion, the youngest, at 22, to do so since Garry Kasparov in 1984. Round 2 - Aronian defeated Gelfand, to go into a 2-way tie for first with Radjabov. Here is the game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz):

Aronian, Levon (2809) − Gelfand, Boris (2740) [A04] FIDE Candidates London ENG (2.1), 16.03.2013

1.Nf3² 0.29 1...c5 2.c4?!= [2.e4 Nc6 3.Bb5 e5²] 2...Nc6 3.Nc3 g6?!² [3...Nf6 4.e3 e6=] 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qb3 Nxc3 9.Bc4 Nd5 10.Bxd5 e6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.0-0 Be7 13.Be3?!= [13.Bh6 Qd5 14.Qe3 f6²] 13...Qd5 14.Rfc1 Qxb3?!² [14...f6 15.Nd2 Kf7=

(15...a5?!²) ] 15.axb3 Bb7 16.Ne5 0-0 17.Ra4 Rfd8 18.Nc4 Bf6 19.Na5 Rd7 20.Rb4 Ba6 21.Nxc6 Levon goes up a P 21...Rb7 22.h3 Kg7 23.Rxb7 Bxb7 24.Ne5 Bd8 25.b4 Rc8?+− Levon gets a "winning" advantage [25...Bd5 26.b5 h6²] 26.Bh6+ Kg8 27.Rxc8 Bxc8 28.Nc6 Bf6 29.b5 Bd7 30.g4 g5?+− 2.97 [30...a6 31.g5 axb5 32.Nb8 Bxd4 33.Nxd7 Bxb2+− 1.94] 31.h4 gxh4 material equality 32.g5 Bxc6 33.bxc6 Bd8 34.Kg2 Bc7 35.Kh3+− 3.65 Levon is going up a

P, Boris' K is pinned down in the back rank, and the Bl B is pinned down blocking the passed P. 1-0

Round 3 - Carlsen defeated Gelfand, to stay in a tie for second with Svidler, ½ pt. back of Aronian. Here is Carlsen’s game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz):

Gelfand, Boris (2740) − Carlsen, Magnus (2872) [D52] FIDE Candidates London ENG (3.3), 17.03.2013

1.d4² 0.34 1...Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 (verified depth 23) 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Rc1 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Ba3 10.Rc2 b6 11.Bd3 Ba6 12.0-0 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 0-0?!± Boris gets a

"clear" advantage [13...h6 14.Bh4 0-0²] 14.e4 Rfe8 15.e5?= [15.Rb1 Be7 16.Bxe7 Rxe7±]

15...h6 16.Bh4 c5 17.Nd2 [17.d5 c4 18.Qxc4 Qxd5=] 17...cxd4 18.cxd4 Rac8?!² [18...b5 19.f4

Rac8=] 19.Nc4 Qb5 20.f4?!= [20.f3 Nf8 21.Qb3 Qxb3 22.axb3 Ng6²] 20...Rc7 [20...Bf8 21.f5

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exf5 22.Rxf5 Qa4=] 21.Qxa3 Rxc4 22.Rxc4 Qxc4 23.Bf2 Qc7 24.Rc1 Qb7 25.Qd6 Nf8 26.g3 Rc8 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 28.d5 exd5 29.Qxd5 g6 30.Kg2 Ne6 31.Qf3 Kg7 32.a3 h5 33.h4 33...Qc2 34.Qb7 [34.Qd5 Qb2 35.Qe4 Qxa3 36.f5 gxf5 37.Qxf5 Qb4 38.Qxh5 Qe4+ 39.Qf3 Qxe5=]

34...Qa4 [34...Nd4 35.Qa8 Nc6=] 35.Qf3 b5 36.f5 gxf5 37.Qxf5 Qxa3 38.Qxh5 a5 39.Qg4+ Kf8 40.h5?∓ for the first time in the game, Magnus gets the advantage, and it is a "clear" advantage

[40.Qh5 Qc3 41.Qh8+ Ke7 42.Qf6+ Kf8 43.Qh8+=] 40...Qc1 41.Qe4 b4 42.Be3 42...Qc7 43.Qa8+ Kg7 44.h6+ Kh7 45.Qe4+ Kg8 46.Qa8+ [46.Kf3 b3 47.Qa8+ Qd8∓] 46...Qd8 47.Qxd8+?!-+ Magnus gets a "winning" advantage [47.Qc6 b3 48.Bc1 Qc7∓] 47...Nxd8 48.Kf3 a4 49.Ke4 Nc6 50.Bc1 Na5 51.Bd2 b3 52.Kd3 Nc4 53.Bc3 a3 54.g4?-+ − 12.41 [54.Bd4 Kh7

55.Kc3 b2-+ − 4.65] 54...Kh7?-+ − 6.57 [54...Ne3! 55.e6 fxe6-+ − 14.46] 55.g5?-+ − 11.83

[55.Bd4 b2 56.Kc2 Kxh6-+ − 6.57] 55...Kg6?-+ − 5.71 [55...Ne3! 56.e6 fxe6-+ − 14.86] 56.Bd4 b2 57.Kc2 Nd2-+ − 5.87 Boris resigns. He can sack the B for the 2 passed P's, but then loses all his

P's, and Magnus is left with a P The continuation would be 58.Bxb2 axb2 59.Kxb2 Nc4+ 60.Kc3 Nxe5 61.Kd2 Kxg5 62.h7 Ng6 63.Ke2 Kg4 64.Kf2 f5-+ 0-1

Round 4 - Carlsen defeated Grischuk to jump into a 2-way tie for first with Aronian. Here is the game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Carlsen, Magnus (2872) − Grischuk, Alexander (2764) Candidates 2013 (4.4), 19.03.2013

1.e4² 0.35 1...e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3?!= [4.0-0 Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe4²] 4...Bc5 5.c3 0-0 6.0-0 d6 7.h3 a6 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Re1 Re8 10.Nbd2 d5?!² [10...Be6?! 11.d4 exd4 12.cxd4 Bb6²;

10...h6 11.d4 Bb6=] 11.exd5 Qxd5 12.Nb3?!= [12.Qe2 Bd6 13.Ng5 Rb8=] 12...Bf8 13.c4 Qd6 14.Be3 Nd7 15.d4 e4 16.Nfd2 a5 17.a4 f5 18.c5 Qg6?± Magnus gets a "clear" advantage

[18...Qe6 19.Qc1 Nf6=] 19.Nc4 Nf6 20.Bf4?!² [20.Ne5 Rxe5! 21.dxe5 Nd5±] 20...Nd5 21.Qd2 Be6?!± [21...Qf6 22.Be5 Qe6 23.Nbxa5 Be7²] 22.Nbxa5 Magnus goes up a P 22...Reb8 [22...Nxf4 23.Qxf4 Qf6±] 23.Ne5 Qf6?!+− Magnus gets a "winning" advantage [23...Qe8

24.Naxc6 Rb3±] 24.Bh2

XABCDEFGHY 8rtr-+-vlk+( 7+-zp-+-zpp' 6-+p+lwq-+& 5sN-zPnsNp+-% 4P+-zPp+-+$ 3+-+-+-+P# 2-zP-wQ-zPPvL" 1tR-+-tR-mK-! xabcdefghy Rxa5!? Alexander tries an exchange sac, but it does not help. 25.Qxa5 Rxb2 Magnus is up the

exchange 26.Rab1 Ra2 27.Qa6?+− 1.46 [27.Rb8 g6 28.Qa8 f4+− 2.62] 27...e3 28.fxe3 Qg5 29.Re2 Nxe3?!+− 2.71 [29...Rxe2 30.Qxe2 Nc3+− 2.07] 30.Nf3 Qg6 31.Rxa2 Bxa2 32.Rb2 Bc4 33.Qa5?+− 2.70 [33.Qc8 h6 34.Bxc7 Be6+− 6.49] 33...Bd5 34.Qe1 f4?+− 4.80 [34...Nc4 35.Rf2

Qf6+− 3.25] 35.Bxf4 Magnus is up the exchange + P 35...Nc2 36.Qf2 Bxf3 37.Rxc2+− 5.51 1-0

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Round 6 - both Magnus and Levon won, leaving them in a tie for first, with 4.5/6 pts., already 1 ½ pts. ahead of Peter and Vladimir in 3rd/4th . Here are their games: Svidler, P (2747) − Carlsen, M (2872) [C84] FIDE Candidates London ENG (6), 21.03.2013

[Armstrong, Robert] 1.e4² 0.35 1...e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4?!= [4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0-0 Qd6²] 4...Nf6 5.0-0 Be7?!² [5...b5 6.Bb3 Bb7²] 6.d3?!= [6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nc3 Bg4²] 6...b5 [6...d6 7.h3 0-0=] 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 b4 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.a5 Be6 11.Nc4 Rb8 12.c3 bxc3 13.bxc3 h6 14.Re1 Qc8 15.Bc2 Rd8 16.Qe2 Bf8 17.Ne3?!³ for the first time in the game, Magnus gets the advantage [17.h3 Bxc4 18.dxc4 Qe6=]

17...d5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 Rxd5?!= [19...Bxd5 20.h3 Bd6³] 20.h3?!³ [20.Ba4 Rxa5 21.Be3

Bd7=] 20...Bf5 21.Rd1 Qe6 22.Bb1 Qd7 23.Be3 e4 24.Nd4 Nxd4 25.Bxd4?!∓ Magnus gets a

"clear" advantage [25.cxd4 Qb5 26.Bc2 exd3 27.Bxd3 Bxd3 28.Rxd3 Bd6³] 25...exd3 26.Bxd3 Bxd3 27.Rxd3 c5 28.Be5 Rxd3 29.Bxb8 c4 30.Be5 Bc5 31.Rb1 Qd5 32.Rb8+ Kh7 33.Qh5?!-+ pinning his B; Magnus gets a "winning" advantage [33.Re8 Qd7 34.Ra8 Qe6∓] 33...Qe4 cutting

off W checks and leaving the fP hanging 34.Rb2?-+ − 5.20 [34.Kh2 Bxf2 35.Bc7 g6-+ − 4.04]

34...Rd5 35.Re2 Qb1+ 36.Kh2 f6-+ − 5.23 the pin works and the B falls

XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+-+-+( 7+-+-+-zpk' 6p+-+-zp-zp& 5zP-vlrvL-+Q% 4-+p+-+-+$ 3+-zP-+-+P# 2-+-+RzPPmK" 1+q+-+-+-! xabcdefghy 0-1

Radjabov, T (2793) − Aronian, L (2809) [C65] FIDE Candidates London ENG (6), 21.03.2013

1.e4² 0.35 1...e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 [4.0-0 Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 a6 7.Be2 Bxd4 8.Qxd4

Nc6²] 4...Bc5 5.c3?!= [5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.0-0 Bd6²] 5...0-0 6.0-0 Re8 7.Nbd2 a6 8.Ba4 [8.Bxc6 bxc6

9.Qa4 a5=] 8...b5 9.Bb3 d6 10.Re1 Be6 [10...Rb8 11.Nf1 b4=] 11.Nf1 Bxb3 12.axb3 d5 [12...a5

13.Ng3 Rb8²; 12...Bb6 13.h3 d5= (13...h6?!²) ] 13.Qc2 [13.Bg5 dxe4 14.dxe4 Qxd1 15.Raxd1

Ng4=] 13...h6 14.Ng3 a5 15.h3 Qd7 16.Be3 [16.Qe2 Rad8 17.Be3 Bb6 18.Bxb6 cxb6=] 16...Bf8 [16...Bxe3 17.Rxe3 dxe4 18.dxe4 Red8=] 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Nf5 Qe6 19.g4 dxe4 20.dxe4 Ne7 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Ra1 Ra8 23.c4 b4 24.g5?!³ for the first time in the game, Levon gets the

advantage [24.Rd1 Re8 25.Ng3 Ng6=] 24...hxg5 25.Nxg5 Qc8 26.Nxe7+ Bxe7 27.Kh2 Ra6 28.Rg1 Nd7 29.Qe2 Rg6 30.Qh5 Nf6?!= [30...Nf8 31.Qd1 c6³] 31.Qf3 Rh6 32.Ne6?!³ [32.Ra1

Qa8 33.Kg1 c5=] 32...Rh7 33.Ng5 Rh4?² [33...Rh5 34.Re1 Qe8³] 34.Rg2?³ [34.Ra1 Qa8

35.Kg1 Bf8²] 34...Qd7 [34...g6 35.Kh1 Qd7³] 35.Rg1 g6 [35...Qe8 36.Kg3 Rh5³] 36.Bc1 Qe8

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37.Be3 a4 38.bxa4 Qxa4 39.Bc1?!∓ Levon gets a "clear" advantage [39.Rd1 Kg7 (39...Qc2?! 40.Kg2 Rh5=) 40.Rd3 Qc6³] 39...b3?!³ [39...Qc2 40.b3 Kg7∓] 40.Qg3 Rh5 41.Qd3 Qc6 42.Be3 Rh4 43.Kg3 Rh8 44.Kh2?!∓ [44.Kg2 Kg7 45.Kh2 Rh4³] 44...Kg7 45.c5 Qa4?!³ [45...Nd7 46.Rg4

Nxc5∓] 46.Qc3 Re8 47.Qd3 Rd8?!= [47...Nh5 48.Nf3 Rd8³] 48.Qc3 Qb5 49.Kg2??-+ Levon

gets a "winning" advantage [49.Nf3 Re8 50.Nxe5 Nxe4=] 49...Rd3 50.Qc1 Nh5?³ Levon is losing

his advantage [50...Nd7 51.h4 Nxc5-+] 51.Nf3 Qb4 52.Qe1 Qa4?!= Levon has lost his advantage

[52...Qc4 53.Qe2 Qc2³]

XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+-+-+( 7+-zp-vlpmk-' 6-+-+-+p+& 5+-zP-zp-+n% 4q+-+P+-+$ 3+p+rvLN+P# 2-zP-+-zPK+" 1+-+-wQ-tR-! xabcdefghy

53.Nxe5??-+ − 3.21 Blunder −Teimour goes up a P temporarily, but loses an N; Levon gets back

the "winning" advantage [53.Qe2 Rd8 54.Rc1 Bf6=] 53...Qxe4+ 54.Nf3 Nf4+-+ − 6.46 Teimour

resigned. He must lose material. 55.Kh2 − 7.23 [55.Kg3? Bxc5 56.Kh2 (56.h4?? Bd6 57.Ng5 Ne6+ 58.Kh3 Nxg5+ 59.Rxg5 Qf3+ 60.Rg3 Bxg3 61.fxg3 Rxe3-+ mate in 13 moves) 56...Qxf3-+

− 11.82] 55...Qxf3-+ − 7.21 0-1

Round 8 – The game to watch was Vlad – Peter, both tied for 3rd/4th. Vlad won the ending, to pull up into sole third place, only 1 pt. behind the co-leaders, Magnus and Levon. Here is the game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Kramnik, V (2810) − Svidler, P (2747) [D85] FIDE Candidates London ENG (8), 24.03.2013

1.d4² 0.34 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 0-0 [12...f5 13.e5 Be6²] 13.d5 Rd8 14.Kc2 Ne5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Bc4 Bd7 17.f4 Bd6 18.Kb3 f6 19.a4 Rdc8 20.h4 Rab8 21.Bb5 Bxb5 22.axb5 a6 23.b6?!= [23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.bxa6 bxa6²] 23...Kf7 24.h5 Rxc1 25.hxg6+ Kxg6 26.Bxc1 Rg8 27.g4 h6 28.Rh5 Kf7?!² [28...Bc5 29.e5 fxe5 30.fxe5 Rh8=] 29.e5 Bc5 30.e6+ Kf8 31.Rh4 Kg7?!± Vlad gets a "clear" advantage [31...Bxb6 32.f5 Bf2²] 32.f5

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Position after 32.f5 XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+-+r+( 7+p+-zp-mk-' 6pzP-+Pzp-zp& 5+-vlP+P+-% 4-+-+-+PtR$ 3+K+-+-+-# 2-+-+-+-+" 1+-vL-+-+-! xabcdefghy Rd8?!+− the losing move; Vlad gets a "winning" advantage [32...Rh8 33.Rh2 Bd6±] 33.Bxh6+ Kg8 34.Kc4 Bxb6 35.g5 Bf2 36.Rg4 Kh7 37.gxf6 exf6 38.e7 4.59 38...Rc8+ 39.Kb3 Bc5 40.Rc4+− 4.82 1-0

Round 9 - Boris pulled off an upset defeating Levon. He went up a P, got it to the 7th rank, and then sacked it to promote his passed hP. This dropped Levon into second place, ½ pt. behind Magnus. Here is the game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz ): Gelfand, Boris (2740) − Aronian, Levon (2809) [D37] FIDE Candidates London ENG (9.4), 25.03.2013

1.d4² 0.34 1...Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 [5.cxd5 exd5 6.g3 Be6²] 5...0-0 6.e3 Nbd7 [6...Nc6 7.a3 h6²] 7.Be2 c6 8.0-0 Nh5 9.Be5?!= [9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Nxf4 11.exf4 Bd6²] 9...f6 10.Bg3 f5?!² [10...Nxg3 11.fxg3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nb6=] 11.Be5 Nhf6 12.h3 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Nd7 14.f4!?= [14.Nf3 Bd6 15.Qb3 Qe7²] 14...Nxe5 15.fxe5 Bg5 16.Qd2 Bd7 17.Rac1 Rc8 18.a3 Kh8 19.b4 Be8?!² [19...b6 20.g3 Rf7=] 20.Bd3 Rc7 21.Ne2 Bh5 22.Nf4 Bxf4 23.exf4 Rd7?!± Boris gets a "clear" advantage [23...dxc4 24.Bxc4 Qe7²] 24.Qe3?= Boris loses his advantage

[24.c5 Qh4 25.Kh2 Qe7±] 24...dxc4 25.Bxc4 [25.Rxc4 Rd5 26.Rf2 a5=] 25...Rxd4?± Boris gets

back a "clear" advantage [25...Re8 26.d5 exd5 27.Bd3 d4 28.Qd2 Rd5 29.Bxf5 d3=] 26.Bxe6 Bf7?!+− drops the P; Boris gets a "winning" advantage. [26...Qb6 27.Rc5 Re4 28.Qf2 Re2

29.Qh4 Bg6±] 27.Bxf5 Boris goes up a P 27...Bc4 28.e6 Qd6 29.Rfe1 Re8 30.e7 Bf7 31.Rc5?!± [31.Bg4 Rd3 32.Qe5 Kg8+−] 31...g6 32.Bg4 h5?!+− 3.60 [32...Rd3 33.Qe5+ Qxe5 34.Rcxe5

Kg7±]

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Position after 32…h5?! XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+r+-mk( 7zpp+-zPl+-' 6-+pwq-+p+& 5+-tR-+-+p% 4-zP-tr-zPL+$ 3zP-+-wQ-+P# 2-+-+-+P+" 1+-+-tR-mK-! xabcdefghy

33.f5! nice sac offer 33...Kg7?+− 4.61 [33...hxg4?? 34.Qh6+ Kg8 35.fxg6 Qxg6 36.Rg5 Rd6+−

6.80; 33...Qf4 34.fxg6 Qxe3+ 35.Rxe3 Bxg6 36.Bxh5 Bxh5 37.Rxh5+ Kg7+− 3.75] 34.fxg6 Bxg6 35.Bxh5 Boris goes up 2 P's 35...Rd3?+− 5.61 [35...Re4 36.Qc3+ Qd4+ 37.Qxd4+ Rxd4+− 4.73]

36.Qe5+?+− 1.76 [36.Qg5 Qf6 37.Bxg6! Qxg6 (37...Qxg5?? 38.Rxg5 Rxe7 39.Bxd3+ Kf8 40.Rg8+ Kxg8 41.Rxe7 a6+− mate in 9 moves) 38.Qf4 Rd5+− 12.40] 36...Qxe5 37.Rcxe5 Bxh5 38.Rxh5 Rxa3 Boris is up a P again 39.Rf5 Rd3 40.Re4 Rd7 41.Rg4+ Kh6 42.Rf6+ Kh7 43.Rf7+ Kh6 44.Rgg7 Rd1+ 45.Kh2 Rf1 46.Rh7+ Kg6 47.Rhg7+ [47.Rfg7+ Kf6 48.h4 Re1+−]

47...Kh6 48.Rh7+ Kg6 49.Rfg7+ Kf6 50.h4 Ke6 51.Rg4 Kf5 1.79 [51...Rxe7?? 52.Re4+ Kd5

53.Rexe7+− 8.22] 52.Kg3 Re1 53.Rf4+ Ke6 54.h5! 1.99 sacking the eP to queen the hP [54.Rff7

Re5 55.Kg4 c5+− 1.49] 54...Rxe7 material equality 55.Rxe7+ Kxe7 56.Kh4 b6 57.h6 Rh1+ 58.Kg5 Ke6 59.Kg6 Ke5 60.Rf5++− 7.54 1-0

Round 10 – The three top players all won, keeping the status quo on the standings. Round 11 – Vlad defeated Teimour, and Levon lost, allowing Vlad to leapfrog up into second place, ½ pt. behind Magnus, and ½ pt. ahead of Levon. Here is Vlad’s win: Kramnik, Vladimir (2810) − Radjabov, Teimour (2793) [E60] FIDE Candidates London ENG (11.4), 28.03.2013

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg2 cxd4 6.Nxd4 0-0 7.Nc3 Qc7 8.b3 d5 9.Ndb5 Qa5

10.Bd2 dxc4 11.bxc4 Qd8 12.0-0 a6 13.Na3 Bf5 14.Nc2 Nc6 15.Ne3 Qd7 16.Nxf5 Qxf5 17.Rb1

Rad8 18.Qc1 Qe6 19.Re1 Qxc4 20.Rxb7 Ne5 21.Bf4 Qe6 22.h3 Nc4 23.e4 Ne5 24.Bxe5 Qxe5

25.Nd5 Rfe8 26.Nb4 Rd7 27.Nc6 Qe6 28.Rb6 Qxa2 29.e5 Nd5 30.Rb2 Qa4 31.Bxd5 Rxd5

32.Rb4 Qa2 33.Nxe7+ Kh8 34.Nxd5 Qxd5 35.Qc4 Qxc4 36.Rxc4 Bxe5 37.Kf1 1-0

Round 12 – (adapted from ChessBase) The twelfth round of the Candidates was easily the most dramatic of this tournament so far: Vlad's ( in second) victory over Levon (in third) and Vassily's defeat of Magnus turned all expectations upside down. Vlad now led by ½ point over Magnus in second now. Here is Kramnik’s victory:

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Aronian, Levon (2809) − Kramnik, Vladimir (2810) [D42] FIDE Candidates London ENG (12.2), 29.03.2013

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.a3 0-0 9.Qc2 cxd4

10.exd4 f5 11.0-0 Bf6 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Be3 b5 14.Qe2 Bb7 15.Rac1 a6 16.Rfd1 f4 17.Rc5 Qd6

18.Qc2 fxe3 19.Bxh7+ Kh8 20.fxe3 Ne7 21.e4 Rac8 22.e5 Bxe5 23.Nxe5 Rxc5 24.Ng6+ Nxg6

25.dxc5 Be4 26.Rxd6 Bxc2 27.Bxg6 Bxg6 28.Rxe6 Bd3 29.h4 a5 30.c6 Rf1+ 31.Kh2 Rc1 32.Re3

Bb1 33.Rc3 Rxc3 34.bxc3 Kg8 35.c7 Bf5 36.Kg3 Kf7 37.Kf4 Bc8 38.Kg5 Bd7 39.h5 Be6 40.g3 a4

41.g4 Kf8 42.Kf4 Ke7 43.g5 Kd7 44.Ke5 Bg8 45.c8Q+ Kxc8 46.Kd6 Kd8 47.Kc6 Ke7 48.Kxb5

Ke6 49.Kxa4 Kf5 50.g6 Kg5 51.Kb5 Kxh5 52.a4 Kxg6 53.a5 Kf6 54.a6 Bd5 55.c4 Ba8 56.Kb6

Ke5 57.Kc7 g5 58.Kb8 Be4 59.Kc7 g4 60.a7 g3 61.c5 Ba8 62.Kb8 Bc6 0-1

Here is Carlsen’s loss: Carlsen, Magnus (2872) − Ivanchuk, Vassily (2757) [B48] FIDE Candidates London ENG (12.4), 29.03.2013

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.0-0-0 Bb4 9.f3 Ne7

10.Nb3 d5 11.e5 Nd7 12.f4 b6 13.Bd4 Nc5 14.a3 Ne4 15.Qe1 Nxc3 16.Bxc3 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Qxc3

18.bxc3 a5 19.Nd4 Ba6 20.Bd3 Kd7 21.Kd2 Nc6 22.Rb1 Bxd3 23.Kxd3 Rab8 24.Nb5 g5 25.g3

Rhg8 26.c4 gxf4 27.gxf4 Ne7 28.Rhg1 dxc4+ 29.Kxc4 Nd5 30.Nd6 Kc6 31.Nxf7 Nxf4 32.Kb3 Kc5

33.Ng5 h6 34.Ne4+ Kd4 35.Nf6 Rxg1 36.Rxg1 Rc8 37.Re1 Rc3+ 38.Kb2 Rf3 39.Re4+ Kc5

40.Nd7+ Kd5 41.Nf6+ Kc5 42.Nd7+ Kc6 43.Nf6 Ng6 44.Rc4+ Kb5 45.Re4 Rf5 46.Ne8 Kc5

47.Nc7 Nxe5 48.Rh4 Kd6 49.Nb5+ Kd7 50.a4 h5 51.Nd4 Rg5 52.Re4 Nc4+ 53.Kc3 Re5 54.Rh4

Nd6 55.Kd3 Rd5 56.c4 Rg5 57.Nf3 Rc5 58.Nd2 Rf5 59.Nb3 Nb7 60.Rh3 Kd6 61.Kc3 Nc5

62.Nxc5 Kxc5 63.Re3 e5 64.h4 Kd6 65.Rd3+ Ke6 66.Rg3 Kf6 67.Rd3 Rf4 68.Rd6+ Kf5 69.Rxb6

Rxh4 70.c5 Rxa4 71.Rh6 Ke4 72.Rd6 Rd4 73.Ra6 Kd5 74.Rxa5 Rc4+ 75.Kd3 Rxc5 76.Ra4 Rc7

77.Rh4 Rh7 78.Ke3 Ke6 79.Ke4 Rh8 80.Ke3 Kf5 81.Ke2 Kg5 82.Re4 Re8 83.Ke3 h4 84.Ke2 h3

85.Kf2 h2 86.Kg2 h1Q+ 87.Kxh1 Kf5 88.Re1 Rg8 89.Kh2 Kf4 90.Rf1+ Ke3 0-1

Round 13 – Magnus pulled back up into a tie with Vlad, when he beat Teimour, and Vlad only drew Boris. Here is Magnus’ win: Radjabov, Teimour (2793) − Carlsen, Magnus (2872) [E32] FIDE Candidates London ENG (13.1), 31.03.2013

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.g3 0-0 7.Bg2 e5 8.0-0 c6 9.Rd1 Re8

10.dxe5 dxe5 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 Qe7 13.b4 Nb6 14.Be3 Ng4 15.Nd2 f5 16.h3 Nxe3 17.Qxe3

e4 18.Rac1 Be6 19.Qc3 Rad8 20.Bf1 c5 21.bxc5 Na4 22.Qb4 Nxc5 23.Nb3 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Na6

25.Qxe7 Rxe7 26.e3 Kf7 27.Be2 b6 28.Rd8 Nc5 29.Nd4 Kf6 30.Kf1 Rd7 31.Rf8+ Bf7 32.Ke1 g6

33.h4 h6 34.Rc8 Be6 35.Rf8+ Rf7 36.Rh8 Rc7 37.Nb5 Rd7 38.Nd4 h5 39.Rf8+ Bf7 40.Rc8 Ke5

41.Ra8 a6 42.Rc8 Rd6 43.Nc6+ Kf6 44.Nd4 Be6 45.Rf8+ Ke7 46.Ra8 Rd7 47.Rb8 Rb7

48.Rxb7+ Nxb7 49.Kd2 Kd6 50.Kc3 Bf7 51.Nb3 Ke5 52.Bf1 a5 53.Be2 Be6 54.Bf1 Bd7 55.Be2

Ba4 56.Nd4 Nc5 57.Kb2 Be8 58.Kc3 Bf7 59.Nc6+ Kd6 60.Nd4 Nd7 61.Nb5+ Kc5 62.Nd4 Ne5

63.Nb3+ Kc6 64.a4 Kd7 65.Nd4 Kd6 66.Nb5+ Kc5 67.Nd4 Be8 68.Nb3+ Kd6 69.c5+ Kc7 70.Kd4

Nc6+ 71.Kc3 Ne7 72.cxb6+ Kxb6 73.Nd2 Bxa4 74.Nc4+ Ka6 75.Na3+ Kb7 76.Nc4 Ka6 77.Na3+

Ka7 78.Kd4 Nc6+ 79.Kc5 Ne5 80.Nc4 Nd3+ 81.Kd4 Nc1 82.Bf1 Bb5 83.Nxa5 Bxf1 84.Nc6+ Kb6

85.Ne7 Nd3 86.Nxg6 Kc7 87.Ne7 Bh3 88.Nd5+ Kd6 89.Nf6 Bg4 0-1

Round 14 – The final round today has to be in the running with the 12th round as the most dramatic of the tournament. Magnus suffered his second defeat, at the hands of Peter ( who had a great tournament, and finished tied 3rd/4th with Levon)! All of a sudden,

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Vlad could come clear first with a win or a draw. But he could not lose, because Magnus had the better tie-break. Vlad lost to Vassily, who again became the giant-killer! Here is Magnus’ loss: Carlsen, Magnus (2872) − Svidler, Peter (2747) [C84] FIDE Candidates London ENG (14.2), 01.04.2013

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a3 0-0 9.Nc3 Bb7 10.Bd2

Qd7 11.a4 Nd8 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Bxa8 14.Ne2 Ne6 15.Ng3 c5 16.Nf5 Bd8 17.c4 bxc4

18.Bxc4 Bc7 19.Re1 Re8 20.Qc1 Nh5 21.g3 g6 22.Nh6+ Kg7 23.Ng5 Nxg5 24.Bxg5 d5 25.exd5

Bxd5 26.Ng4 Bf3 27.Bf6+ Kg8 28.Nh6+ Kf8 29.Qe3 Bb7 30.Bh4 Qh3 31.f3 Nf4 32.gxf4 Qxh4

33.Nxf7 Bxf3 34.Qf2 Qg4+ 35.Qg3 exf4 36.Rxe8+ Kxe8 37.Qxg4 Bxg4 38.Ng5 h6 39.Nf7 h5

40.Nh6 Bd1 41.Kf2 f3 42.h3 Bf4 43.Nf7 g5 44.Ke1 g4 45.hxg4 hxg4 46.Kxd1 g3 47.Ke1 g2 48.Kf2

Bh2 0-1

Here is Vlad’s loss: Ivanchuk, Vassily (2757) − Kramnik, Vladimir (2810) [B08] FIDE Candidates London ENG (14.3), 01.04.2013

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 0-0 6.0-0 a6 7.h3 Nc6 8.Bg5 b5 9.a3 h6 10.Be3 e5

11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qc1 Kh7 13.Bc5 Re8 14.Rd1 Bd7 15.b4 Qc8 16.Qe3 Nd8 17.a4 bxa4 18.Nxa4

Ne6 19.Bc4 Nh5 20.Nc3 Nhf4 21.Nd5 Bb5 22.Bb3 Bc6 23.Ra5 Qb7 24.g3 Nxh3+ 25.Kg2 Nhg5

26.Rh1 Kg8 27.Nxg5 Nxg5 28.f3 Bxd5 29.Bxd5 c6 30.Bc4 Qc8 31.Qb3 h5 32.Be3 Ne6 33.Rha1

h4 34.gxh4 Qd8 35.Rxa6 Rc8 36.Rh1 Rc7 37.Bxe6 Rxe6 38.b5 Rb7 39.b6 c5 40.Rb1 Bf8 41.Qd5

Qb8 42.Rba1 Rd6 43.Ra8 Rxd5 44.Rxb8 Rxb8 45.exd5 Bd6 46.Ra6 Rb7 47.Kf1 1-0

Here are the final standings:

Candidates 2013 London ENG Fri 15th Mar 2013 - Mon 1st Apr 2013 Leading Final Round 14 Standings:

Rk Name Ti FED Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts TB1 TB2 TB3

1 Carlsen

Magnus GM NOR 2872 ***

½

½ 1 0

½

½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 8.5 1.0 5 56.25

2 Kramnik

Vladimir GM RUS 2810

½

½ *** ½ 1 ½ 1

½

½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 8.5 1.0 4 57.75

3 Svidler Peter GM RUS 2747 0 1 ½ 0 *** ½ 1 ½

½

½

½ ½ 1 1 ½ 8.0 1.5 4 52.75

4 Aronian

Levon GM ARM 2809

½

½ ½ 0 ½ 0 *** 1 0

½

½ 1 1 1 1 8.0 0.5 5 49.75

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5 Gelfand Boris GM ISR 2740 0 0 ½

½

½

½ 0 1 ***

½

½

½

½ ½ 1 6.5 1.0 2 43.00

6 Grischuk

Alexander GM RUS 2764 0 ½ ½ 0

½

½

½

½

½

½ *** ½ 1

½

½ 6.5 1.0 1 44.00

7 Ivanchuk

Vassily GM UKR 2757 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0

½

½ ½ 0 *** 0 1 6.0 0.0 3 43.25

8 Radjabov

Teimour GM AZE 2793 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0

½

½ 1 0 *** 4.0 0.0 1 28.

2013 Karpos Open, Macedonia This 9-round swiss attracted 237 players and was held from March 9-16. Canadian GM Eric Hansen of Alberta ( 2557) was ranked # 30. A second Canadian playing was Nikola Anastasovski (2065). There was a 8-way tie for first:

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds Rk.

Name Typ

sex

GrFED Rtg

Pts.

TB1

TB2

TB3

n w we w-we

K rtg+/

-

1 GM

Kozul Zdenko

CRO 2608 7.0 47.5 2651 33.5 9 76.32

0.68

10

6.8

2 GM

Rodshtein Maxim

ISR 2615 7.0 47.0 2680 36.5 9 76.12

0.88

10

8.8

3 GM

Lupulescu Constantin

ROU

2614 7.0 46.0 2702 37.5 9 75.82

1.18

10

11.8

4 GM

Iturrizaga Eduardo

VEN 2650 7.0 46.0 2701 36.0 9 76.26

0.74

10

7.4

5 GM

Perunovic Milos

SRB 2618 7.0 46.0 2675 35.5 9 76.22

0.78

10

7.8

6 GM

Ivanisevic Ivan

SRB 2644 7.0 44.5 2714 36.0 9 76.09

0.91

10

9.1

7 GM

Stevic Hrvoje

CRO 2620 7.0 44.5 2649 33.0 9 76.55

0.45

10

4.5

8 IM Hamitevic MD 2444 7.0 43.5 2695 35.5 8 6 3.0 2.9 1 29.3

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i Vladimir A 7 3 0 Eric finished with 6/9 pts. Nikola finished with 4/9 pts.

Here are Eric’s pairings/results: Rd. 1 - 30 148 Markovski Velo 2042 0 0 - 1 0 GM Hansen Eric 2557 30 Rd. 2 - 28 30 GM Hansen Eric 2557 1 ½ - ½ 1 IM Atakisi Umut 2328 87 Rd. 3 - 33 83 FM Schoorl Rob 2350 1½ 0 - 1 1½ GM Hansen Eric 2557 30 This left Eric in a 32-way tie for 9th, ½ pt. behind the 8 co-leaders with perfect scores. Rd. 4 – 24 30 GM Hansen Eric 2557 2½ 1 - 0 2½ GM Bogdanovski Vlatko 2444 57 With this win, Eric moved up into a 17-way tie for second, ½ pt. behind the sole leader, who had a perfect score, GM Vasily Yemelin of Russia. Here is Eric’s win ( Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Hansen, Eric (2557) − Bogdanovski, Vlatko (2444) [B12] Karpos Open 2013 Skopje, hotel (4.24), 11.03.2013

1.e4² 0.35 1...c6 Caro−Kann Defence [1...e6²] 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 [4.Nc3 e6 5.h4 h6²] 4...e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.0-0 Ne7 7.c3?!= [7.Nc3 Ng6 8.Be3 h5²] 7...Nc8?!² [7...Ng6 8.h3 Be7=] 8.Nbd2 Be7 9.Ne1 Bg6 [9...Ncb6 10.Bd3 Bg6²] 10.f4 [10.Nd3 0-0 11.Nf4 c5²] 10...c5 11.g4 [11.Nc2?! Qb6

12.Nf3 0-0=] 11...Qb6 [11...f5 12.gxf5 Bxf5²] 12.Qa4 cxd4 13.cxd4 a6 14.Kh1?!= [14.Ng2 Qa7

15.f5 b5²] 14...f5 15.Ng2 Na7 [15...fxg4 16.Bxg4 Bd3=] 16.gxf5 Bxf5 17.Ne3 Nc6 18.Nxf5 exf5 19.Nf3 Rc8?± Eric gets a "clear" advantage [19...Nf8 20.Bd3 g6=] 20.a3?!² [20.Rb1 g6 21.Bd2

Ra8±] 20...g6 [20...Nf8 21.Be3 Ne6²] 21.b4 Na7 22.Be3 Qe6 23.Qb3 Nb6 24.Nd2 Qc6?!± [24...0-0 25.Rfc1 Rc6²] 25.Bf3 [25.Rfc1 Qd7 26.Rxc8+ Qxc8±] 25...0-0 26.Rac1 Qd7

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Position after 26…Qd7

XABCDEFGHY 8-+r+-trk+( 7snp+qvl-+p' 6psn-+-+p+& 5+-+pzPp+-% 4-zP-zP-zP-+$ 3zPQ+-vLL+-# 2-+-sN-+-zP" 1+-tR-+R+K! xabcdefghy 27.Rc5?!² offering an exchange sac is not best [27.a4 Rfd8 28.b5 a5±] 27...Kh8 28.Rfc1 Rfd8 29.Bf2 Nc6 [29...Kg7 30.Kg1 Nb5²] 30.Nb1?³ for the first time in the game, Vlatko gets the

advantage [30.R5c2 Na7 31.Be3 (31.Kg2 Rxc2 32.Rxc2 Nb5²) 31...Rxc2 32.Rxc2 Kg7²; 30.Rb1

Bxc5 31.bxc5 Na8²] 30...Bxc5 31.dxc5 Nc4³ 1-0

Rd. 5 – playing on Bd. 5, Eric lost to his higher-rated opponent. 5 7 GM Safarli Eltaj 2643 3½ 1 - 0 3½ GM Hansen Eric 2557 30 Rd. 6 - 24 30 GM Hansen Eric 2557 3½ 1 - 0 3½ IM Firat Burak 2428 65 Rd. 7 – back up on Bd. 5 again 5 3 GM Smirin Ilia 2659 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ GM Hansen Eric 2557 30 Rd. 8 - 19 30 GM Hansen Eric 2557 5 1 - 0 5 IM Arsovic Zoran 2439 59 Here is Eric’s win, putting him in contention for tying for first place (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Hansen, Eric (2557) − Arsovic, Zoran (2439) [B82] Karpos Open 2013 Skopje, hotel (8.19), 15.03.2013

1.e4² 0.35 1...c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7?!± Eric gets an early "clear"

advantage [5...Nf6 6.Be2 Bb4²] 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 d6 8.Qf3 Be7 9.0-0-0 a6 10.g4?!² [10.Nxc6 bxc6

11.g4 d5±] 10...Nd7?!± [10...Nxd4 11.Bxd4 e5²] 11.g5 b5 12.h4?!² [12.a3 Bb7 13.h4 Nc5±]

12...Bb7?!± [12...b4 13.Nce2 Nc5²] 13.Nxc6?!² [13.a3 Rc8 14.Bh3 Nc5±] 13...Qxc6 [13...Bxc6

14.h5 Rc8²] 14.a3 Nc5 15.f5 exf5?!± [15...Na4 16.Nxa4 Qxe4 17.Qh3 Qxa4 18.fxe6 fxe6²]

16.Qxf5 Rc8 17.Rh2 Qc7 18.Bh3 0-0 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Qxd5 Rb8 21.Rf2 Qb7?!+− Eric gets a

"winning" advantage [21...b4 22.axb4 Rxb4±] 22.e5 Qxd5 23.Rxd5 Nb7 24.b4 dxe5 Zoran goes

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up a P 25.Rd7 Bd8?+− 5.03 [25...Rfe8 26.Ba7 Kf8 27.Be6 Nd8 28.Bd5 Rc8 29.Bb6 f6+− 4.33]

26.Ba7?+− 4.89 [26.Bg2 Nd6 27.Rxd6 h6+− 6.61] 26...Ra8 27.Rxb7 Eric is up B vs P 27...Rxa7! 28.Rxa7 Eric is up a R vs P 28...Bb6 29.Rfxf7 Eric is up a R, and next will be up a B, and

winning. 1-0 Rd. 9 - 8 30 GM Hansen Eric 2557 6 0 - 1 6 GM Stevic Hrvoje 2620 8 Had Eric won this game, he would have been part of the 8-way tie for first. FIDE 2013-4 Women’s Grand Prix FIDE announces the Women's Grand-Prix 2013-2014 which will give qualification to the Women's

World Championship match 2015. The schedule of the six events is the following:

* 2-16 May 2013 Geneva, Switzerland

* 15-29 June 2013 Dilijan, Armenia

* 17 September - 1 October 2013 Tashkent, Uzbekistan

* 2-16 May 2014 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

* 18 June - 2 July 2014 Tbilisi, Georgia

* 24 August - 7 September 2014 Erdenet, Mongolia

In total 18 players will participate, 10 qualifiers as per regulations (listed below) plus 6 nominees

from the organizers of each tournament (to be announced) plus 2 nominees of the FIDE President

(to be announced).

The 10 original qualifiers who have to confirm their participation by 26 March are:

01. Ushenina, Anna (World Champion 2012)

02. Stefanova, Antoaneta (finalist world championship 2012)

03. Ju, Wenjun (semi-finalist world championship 2012)

04. Harika, Dronavalli (semi-finalist world championship 2012)

05. Polgar, Judit (by rating 2703.78, average 9 lists Mar 2012 to Jan 2013)

06. Hou, Yifan (by rating 2610.78, average 9 lists Mar 2012 to Jan 2013)

07. Koneru, Humpy (by rating 2598.44, average 9 lists Mar 2012 to Jan 2013)

08. Muzychuk, Anna (by rating 2593.33, average 9 lists Mar 2012 to Jan 2013)

09. Zhao, Xue (by rating 2555.00, average 9 lists Mar 2012 to Jan 2013)

10. Dzagnidze, Nana (by rating 2551.89, average 9 lists Mar 2012 to Jan 2013)

The first reserve for any replacement needed is Lagno, Kateryna (by rating 2546.33, average 9 lists

Mar 2012 to Jan 2013).

The full regulations of the Women's Grand-Prix 2013-2014 are published here:

http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=137&view=article

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FIDE April 1, 2013 Regular Rating List ( Open/Women ) Open

Magnus Carlsen ( Norway ), # 1 for most of 2010 & 2011, all of 2012 , and all of 2013 so far, the youngest player ever to hold this position, and the highest rated human ever, sits with a peak rating of 2872 – is it really possible he may one day be the first to break the 2900 barrier? The second player over 2800, back up from third place, is Armenian Levon Aronian, at 2809. 14th World Champion, Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ) sits back in third again, rated 2801.. [ Garry Kasparov ( Russia ), 13th World Champion, now retired, was the first player to break 2800 ( peak rating - July 1999 – 2851 – 2nd highest rated player ever ); Kramnik was the second player; Veselin Topalov, 2005 FIDE World Champion, was the third; Viswanathan Anand, 15th and current World Champion was the fourth; Magnus Carlsen was the fifth; and Levon Aronian is the sixth. ]. Besides these 3 in the 2800’s, there are 47 players in the 2700’s ( down 2 from last list ).

The top players are ( birth date of younger players [ Under 22 yrs. as of Jan. 1 ] in brackets, after country ) :

# 1 : Magnus Carlsen (Norway), rated 2872;

# 2 : Levon Aronian ( Armenia ) – rated 2809;

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# 3 : Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ), 14th World Champion, rated 2801 (was below 2800 from July – Dec./12).

# 4: Teimour Radjabov ( Azerbaijan ), rated 2793.

# 5: Sergey Karjakin (Russia), rated 2786;

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# 6 : Viswanathan Anand ( India ), 15th and current World Champion, rated 2783;

# 7: Fabiano Caruana (Italy – 1992), rated 2772 (back in the top 10 again – last on in the Jan/13 list);

# 8: Veselin Topalov ( Bulgaria ), rated 2771;

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# 9: Hikaru Nakamura ( USA ), rated 2767.

# 10: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ( Azerbaijan ), rated 2766.

# 55 : Judit Polgar ( Hungary ), the strongest women’s player in the world, with 2696 ( over 2700 from October – December, 2012 lists – last time before that was on the July/12 list ) – ( in 2005, she was in the top 10 with a rating of 2735. She has taken periods off to have children and had dropped below 2700 for a while, before going back over 2700 again for a while). .

Some other past World Champions/FIDE World Champions still in the top 100, and their current ratings are : # 20: 2002 FIDE World Champion, Ruslan Ponomariov ( Ukraine ) at 2733; # 29 : 2004 FIDE World Champion, Rustam Kasimdzhanov ( Uzbekistan ) at 2709 .

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Here are the younger ( Under 22 as of Jan. 1 ) players we’re watching - not in the top ten, but in the top 30, ( birth date in brackets after country )[ note: “ juniors “ = U 20 yrs. as of Jan. 1 ]:

# 21 : Anish Giri ( Netherlands – 1994 ) – 2727. . Women

Four women have broken the 2600 barrier: first: GM Judit Polgar ( Hungary ) – also only woman to break 2700; second: Humpy Koneru ( India ); third: Hou Yifan ( Chinese surname first ) – former Women’s World Champion and 2013 Women’s Championship Challenger, against Women’s Champion Anna Ushenina ( Russia ) ); fourth: Anna Muzychuk ( Slovenia ).

The top 11 women in the world are : # 1 : GM Judit Polgar ( Hungary ) – 2696 ( first woman player in history to break 2700; peaked at 2735 in the July 1, 2005 rating list; was back in the 2700 club briefly in the July/12 list, after a number of years in the 2600’s; dropped down again, and was briefly back again from Oct. – Dec./12 );

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# 2 : GM Hou Yifan ( China – 1994 ) – 2617 – (18 years old )

# 3 : GM Humpy Koneru ( India ) – 2597;

# 4 : IM Anna Muzychuk ( Slovenia ) -2585.

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# 5 : GM Zhao Xue ( China ) – 2565;

# 6 : GM Kateryna Lagno ( Ukraine ) – 2550;

# 7 : GM Nana Dzagnidze ( Georgia ) – 2545;

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# 8: GM Nadezhda Kosintseva ( Russia ) at 2531.

# 9: GM Marie Sebag ( France ) at 2527;

# 10/11. Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria), rated 2525 (down 5 pts.).

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# 10/11: Pia Cramling (Sweden), rated 2525.

NATIONAL Organizations Chess Federation of Canada ( CFC )

Website: http://www.chess.ca/ Chess Discussion Forum: http://www.chesscanada.info/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=2 (by TCN Liaison for CFC, Bob Armstrong, CFC Public Relations Coordinator) The CFC Governors’ 2013 Spring Meeting starts TODAY, April 1! (this is no April Fools’ Joke). The meeting is open to the public to see (but only governors can post). Here is the Meeting Room Entrance: http://www.chesscanada.info/forum/forum.php . Or go directly via the following link:   http://www.chesscanada.info/forum/forumdisplay.php?41‐April‐2013‐Quarterly‐Online‐Governors‐Meeting . 

Viewers can post comments/questions on the CFC members’ Discussion Board ( http://www.chesscanada.info/forum/forumdisplay.php?2-English-Chat ), where some governors will be visiting during the meeting. They will try to answer questions, etc.. Here is the agenda: 1. Governors' Online Meeting April 2013 Agenda 

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  Monday, April 1st (11:00am ET) ‐ Thursday, April 4th (9:00pm ET)   1. Governors' Online Meeting January 2013 Agenda 2. Governors' Sign In 3. President's Welcome 4. Instructions/Questions/Comments on the On‐line Meeting Procedures   5. Executive Reports a. Vice President b. FIDE Rep c. Secretary d. Treasurer e. Youth Coordinator f. Past President   6. Officer + Committee Reports a. Public Relations Coordinator b. CFC Clubs Administrator c. Rating Auditor d. NFP Act Transition Committee Report e. CFC Newsletter Committee Report   7. Motions   a. 3 Motions on the dating of CFC memberships. (Paul Leblanc / Lyle Craver) For discussion only with the objective of presenting a motion at the July AGM b. Creation of a National Youth Coach position (Fred McKim / Vlad Drculec) c. CFC Women's Titles (Vlad Drculec / Julia Lacau‐Rodean)   8. New Business   Thursday, January 4th (9:00pm ET) ‐ Sunday, January 7th (9:00pm ET)   9. Voting Booth   10. Suggested Items for Next Quarterly Meeting 11. Results of Voting 12. Concluding Address by President    Come see your governors, and tax dollars, at work!

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FIDE April 1, 2013 Regular Rating List – Canadian Rankings - Open/Women’s

The 10 highest FIDE rated Canadians ( active in the last 24 months, internationally or in Canada ) are :

# 1 : GM Kevin Spraggett, 4 times Canadian Champion ( last in 1996 ), at 2577 ( has been over 2600 ) – now playing out of Portugal – excellent staying power, given he was 58 years old on Nov. 10, 2012;

# 2 : GM Eric Hansen at 2576 (up 19 pts., and now only 1 pt. out of first!);

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# 3. GM Bator Sambuev at 2513 – 2012 Canadian Champion (& 2011 );

# 4 : GM Pascal Charbonneau, 2002 & 2004 Canadian Champion, at 2505 – now working in USA;

# 5 : GM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon at 2476.

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# 6: IM Leonid Gerzhoy, rated 2469;

# 7 – IM Aman Hambleton, rated 2465;

# 8: IM Nikolay Noritsyn at 2456 .

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# 9 – IM Zhe Quan, rated 2431;

# 10 – IM Edward Porper, rated 2418.

GM Mark Bluvshtein retired in late 2011, rated 2590 ( had been over 2600 ); so for our FIDE list purposes, we have now removed him from the active list even though technically he would have been active for our purposes to 2013.

There are two Canadian GM’s with another federation : 18 year old GM Wesley So ( Philippines citizen; plays for that federation; Canadian permanent resident ) at 2701 ( # 48 in the world) – the top-rated Canadian!; GM Anton Kovalyov ( citizen of the Ukraine; Canadian permanent resident; plays for Argentina ) at 2606 ( briefly went into the 2500’s from Sept. – Nov./12 ) ( he has now started the process to change federations to Canada, but there is a waiting period ).

There is one previously inactive GM, Dimitri Tyomkin ( his last rated game in Canada was August 2005 ; and after playing only 2 FIDE rated games in Europe between Jan. 1, 2006 and the end of 2010, in 2011 & 2012 Dimitri played a number of games for teams in the Spanish Team Championships; he is rated 2486 ). Canada has 2 inactive GM’s : Alexander Le Siege; and Duncan Suttles.

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The top 10 FIDE rated Canadian women players are ( active in the last 24 months,

internationally or in Canada ) :

# 1 : WIM Yuanling Yuan ( 1994 ) at 2220 ( currently at university in USA ) ;.

# 2 : WIM Natalia Khoudgarian, current 2012 Canadian Women’s Champion ( and 2006, 2007 & 2011 ), at 2136.

# 3 : WFM Dina Kagramanov, 2009 Canadian Women’s Champion, at 2067;

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# 4 : WFM Daniela Belc, at 2044; ( no file picture ) # 5 : Anastasia Kazakevich, rated 2033;

# 6 : WCM Alexandra Botez, at 2024.

# 7: WCM Jackie Peng at 2001;.

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# 8 : Iulia Lacau-Rodean, rated 1989;

# 9 : Myriam Roy, rated 1985; ( no file picture ) # 10 : Regina Veronika Kalaydina, rated 1958.

There are 6 inactive Canadian WIM’s : Nava Starr; Vesma Baltgailis; Johanne

Charest; Dinara Khaziyeva; Diane Mongeau, Smilja Vujosevic. The highest FIDE-rated Canadian woman is WFM Valeriya Gansvind, at 2246, who plays for another federation - Estonia. Another highly rated Canadian woman in Hong Kong, who plays under the Canadian flag, is WFM Yamei Wang, rated 2045 ( but since 2004 she’s only played infrequently in Hong Kong, against one opponent 1866, and a few others in the 1700’s ).

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Provincial Tournaments & Chess Clubs/Organizations

TCN offers chess clubs and chess organizations a “ news section ”. As a club/organization accepts, TCN is developing “TCN Liaisons” in these groups in Toronto, the GTA and beyond, whereby one member at each club/organization will take responsibility for submitting their news to TCN on a regular basis for this section. For clubs, this will include club games from club tournaments when possible. We have 4 chess organizations and 9 clubs now with news sections of the newsletter opened for them. We hope to slowly increase this number as time passes. We also intend to extend coverage outside of Ontario, our starting province.

If you are in a club, or know someone in another club, and think the club might like to take out a news section, please have them contact us to discuss it – we are trying to present a format where chess organizations can promote themselves, and chess.

We also hope to develop ongoing relationships with GTA (and beyond) tournament organizers, so they will consider sending in reports and some of the more interesting games from their tournaments. Depending on time available, TCN will try to annotate some of the unannotated games submitted by organizers and clubs. Depending on time available, TCN will try to annotate some of the unannotated games submitted by organizers and clubs. ONTARIO GREATER TORONTO AREA Tournament Reports (Note: if you play in a tournament, and have a good game, send it on for us to consider publishing with our tournament report) St. Clement Active This one section swiss was played Sunday, March 17 at the Macedonian Community Centre. The Macedonian CC (Randy Moysoski) organized it, and Bryan Lamb was the arbiter. It attracted around 30 people. Bindi Cheng took 1st.

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Chess Organization News From the GTCL Perspective

- The Greater Toronto Chess League ( GTCL ) has a 6 person executive and currently a 9 person board of directors (can be larger)

- Coordinating chess in the Greater Toronto Area (Toronto, Halton, Peel, York & Durham)

- Website: http://www.torontochess.org/drupal/

(by TCN Liaison for GTCL, Egis Zeromskis) The busy month is coming to the GTCL calendar - two main tournaments: Toronto Closed & Reserve (starts on April 15) and GTCL Cup (April 8); and the Annual General Meeting (April 20) to overlook the last year and to plan the new one. Annex Chess Club is hosting both tournaments. Its website updates about registered players and teams. Check them at Closed and Reserve - http://annexchessclub.com/2013/03/toronto-closed-2013 Cup - http://annexchessclub.com/2013/03/2013-gtcl-cup Details about the AGM at http://torontochess.org/drupal/blog/2013_gtcl_annual_general_meeting

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Chess Institute of Canada

Photo Credit: Jordynn Colosi At the Chess Institute of Canada, we bring chess to life! ( by Jessica Yared, TCN Liaison for CIC ) - no news report filed Chess Club News TORONTO Scarborough Chess Club News

Meets Thursdays – 7:00 – 10:45 PM Location: Birkdale Community Ctre, 1299 Ellesmere Road (between Midland Ave. and Brimley Road)

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SCC e – mail : info@ScarboroughChessClub.ca SCC Website : http://www.ScarboroughChessClub.ca

(by Ken Kurkowski, TCN Liaison for SCC)

SCC Winter Swiss This 5-round tournament has completed. In the top section the winner was junior Joseph Bellissimo with 4.0 points. Steve Laughlin, David Krupka and David Southam tied for runner-up with 3.5. In the U1800 section new member Emanuel Pantazi continued his fine play, taking clear first with 4.5. Juniors Jason Cai and Patrick Huang shared second with 4.0 Richard Feng and Adrin Viado tied for first in the U1400 group, followed by William Li, Nameer Issani and Mark Bercovici with 4.0 each. SCC Club Championship The annual Club Championship Tournament began Thursday, March 21. There is a round-robin championship section for the top 10 players in the club. In parallel with this are two reserves sections in a Swiss format for the rest of the members (1400+ and U1400).

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In order to ensure that the SCC Club Championship is indeed a championship for club members, the qualification rules have been strengthened. The round robin championship is open to the top-ranked nine players plus the winner of the previous year's club championships reserve section. In addition, these players must satisfy the following:

• They must have played in at least ten club games since the beginning of the chess season (September 13, 2012); and

• They must hold valid club and CFC memberships for the duration of the tournament.

A new feature of this year’s round-robin section is the time control: 75 minutes + 10 seconds/move, with any game lasting to move 120 declared drawn. The other two sections will continue to use the regular G90. It is hoped that the new control will avoid the frantic time scrambles that have been especially common on the top boards, while allowing the Club to meet its mandated curfew of 10:45pm (hence the 120-move rule).

Here is a game from one of the top finishers in the Winter Swiss... Sharpe, Sam − Southam, David [C15] SCC Winter Swiss 1800+ (5), 14.03.2013

[Analysis by Fritz 13]

Dave C15: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Unusual White 4th moves 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2 Nc6 5.Be3 dxe4 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Nxc3 Nf6 8.Qd2 last book move 8...0-0 9.0-0-0 e5 [9...b6 10.g3=] 10.d5 [10.dxe5 Qxd2+ 11.Rxd2 Ng4±] 10...Nd4 [10...Ne7 11.h3=] 11.Bxd4² exd4 12.Qxd4 Re8 13.Be2 a6 Consolidates b5

14.f3 exf3 15.Bxf3 Black has a cramped position. 15...Qd6 16.g3 Bd7 17.Ne4 [17.g4!? h6 18.Kb1=] 17...Nxe4³ 18.Bxe4 Re5 19.Rd2 Rae8 20.Bf3 a5 21.Rhd1 b6 22.Qf4 Bf5 23.g4 White threatens to win material: g4xf5 23...Bg6 24.h4 h6 25.Rd4 b5

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Position after 25…b5 XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+r+k+( 7+-zp-+pzp-' 6-+-wq-+lzp& 5zpp+Ptr-+-% 4-+-tR-wQPzP$ 3zP-+-+L+-# 2-zPP+-+-+" 1+-mKR+-+-! xabcdefghy 26.Bg2?? [¹26.h5 would keep White alive 26...Bh7 27.R1d2³] 26...Re2 [26...Qc5 makes it even easier for Black 27.R4d2 Re2 28.Bf1-+] 27.R1d2?? the

final mistake, not that it matters anymore [¹27.Qxd6 Rxc2+ 28.Kb1 cxd6 29.Bf1

Rh2+ 30.Ka2 Rxh4 31.Bxb5-+] 27...Re1+ 28.Rd1 Rxd1+ [¹28...Qc5 and the rest

is a matter of technique 29.R4d2 R1e2-+] 29.Kxd1 Bxc2+ [29...Qc5 30.Rd2 b4

31.a4-+] 30.Kxc2 Re2+ 31.Kd3 [31.Kb3 Rxg2 32.Qxd6 cxd6 33.a4 Rg3+ 34.Kc2-

+] 31...Rxg2 32.Qxd6 cxd6 33.b3 [33.Kc3 g6-+] 33...Rg3+ 34.Kc2 g5 [34...g6

and Black can already relax 35.Re4 Kg7 36.a4-+] 35.hxg5 [¹35.h5-+] 35...hxg5 36.a4 [36.Re4 Kf8 37.Rd4-+] 36...b4 37.Rc4 Kg7 38.Rc6 [38.Kd2 no good, but

what else? 38...Kf6 39.Ke1-+] 38...Rxg4 39.Rxd6 [39.Kd3 hoping against hope

39...Rg3+ 40.Kc4-+] 39...Rd4 40.Rd8 [40.Ra6 cannot change destiny 40...g4

41.Ra8 g3-+] 40...g4 41.d6 [41.Rd7 is not the saving move 41...g3 42.Re7 Rxd5-

+] 41...g3 42.Re8 Rxd6 [42...Rxd6 43.Re3 Rc6+ 44.Kd2 Rg6-+] 0-1

Annex Chess Club News

Meets Monday evenings Location: 918 Bathurst St., Toronto (north of the Bathurst Subway Station) Annex CC website: http://annexchessclub.com/ (by TCN Liaison for Annex CC, Marcus Wilker)

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We've wrapped up our annual club championship, and we are pleased to recognise FM Michael Humphreys as 2013 Annex Chess Club Champion. Michael, who was also the 2012 Champion, defended his title with a 5.5/6 record and a 2444 performance rating. In the ACC Ch. Reserves, young Atharva Washimkar came first with a perfect 6.0/6 record. As a consequence, his rating jumped from 1573 to 1799. Congratulations, Michael and Atharva! After a week off on April 1 (Easter Monday) ACC is pleased to be hosting back-to-back GTCL events. The 2013 GTCL Cup, on April 8, sees chess teams from around the GTA competing in rapid four-on-four team matches. Then, on April 15, the 2013 Toronto Closed begins. In traditional Round Robin format, the top eight Toronto chess players will do battle to earn the title of Toronto Chess Champion, joining a list of annual Champions going back to the 1850s. The next eight players will play in a Reserve section, competing for an automatic berth in the 2014 Championship. Our next regular weekly club tournament, the ACC Spring Fling, starts April 15 and runs alongside the Toronto Closed. Hope you can all come visit ACC to participate in these exciting GTCL events! Willowdale Chess Club News Meetings: Tuesday, 7:00 – 10:00 PM (generally casual play) Location: Earl Bales Community Centre (Bathurst St./Sheppard Ave.) (by TCN Liaison, Mike Ivanov )

- reported no news for this Issue

HALTON Burlington Chess Club News

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Meetings - Tuesday evenings Website: http://www.burlingtonchessclub.com/ Email: jandllehmann@sympatico.ca Location: The Red Cross Building 262 Guelph Line Burlington, ON L7R 3K7 (Southwest corner of Guelph Line and 1st Street) For juniors : the Burlington Junior Chess Club – Wednesdays - at Robert Bateman High School, 5151 New Street (near Appleby Line). Check website for details. (by TCN Liaison for Burlington CC, Bob Gillanders) - no report submitted PEEL Mississauga Chess Club News

Website: www.mississaugachessclub.ca Email: chessking123@hotmail.com Location: U of T – Mississauga Campus (see website for map) Adult club: Thursdays, 8-11pm, Faculty Lounge, Room 3141 Junior club: Thursdays, 6:45 – 8pm, Spiegel Hall

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(by TCN Liaison for Mississauga CC, Bob Gillanders) - no report submitted YORK Aurora Chess Club News

Meetings: Mondays in the Cafeteria of Aurora High School, from 6pm until 10:30pm! Website: www.aurorachessclub.ca For info: contact founder, Graeme Knight : info@aurorachessclub.ca (by TCN Liaison for Aurora CC, Graeme Knight) Club rated rapids are becoming the meat and veg of Aurora Chess Club. March 25th was no exception. Twenty eight players battled over five rounds to win their opponents in fifteen minute games. With furious clicking of the clocks, the openings were quickly dispensed with and the middle game lessons could begin. Those who made minor mistakes at the start of the game suffered until the end and those who got an edge worked hard to maintain their winning positions. Egis Zeromskis took top spot with Nick Dedic and newcomer Edward Wang taking second and third. The March 25th Rapid marks the club’s fifth such competition of the year. It is interesting to view the rating statistics and see improvement of players. It’s certainly true to say that the younger stars are improving at a quicker rate than their elder counterparts. There are certainly some young chess players who look to be rising up the ranks – Mathanhe Kaneshalingam and Alisher Kishkimbayev are continuing to post great performances and the best improver has to be young Ivan Noritsyn who came in sixteenth in this week’s rapid. Work continues to find a playing venue once the Aurora High School hall is closed for the summer. We believe we are close to finding a spot that can cater for the club weekly or bi-weekly. This week sees the start of the executive member’s work to facilitate Aurora’s first weekend tournament on July 6th and 7th. Decisions are being made and we are working on a press release to be publicized shortly.

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April 8th sees the start of a new CFC-rated 6-week Swiss competition. So far eighteen players are registered to fight the good fight. It looks like this will be a healthy and hard-fought competition to keep an eye on in the coming weeks. DURHAM Ajax Chess Club News

- meet every 1st, 3rd and 5th Fridays of the month - 7:00-8:30 pm for juniors and adults play up to 11:00 pm. - location: 115 Ritchie Ave, Ajax - currently, tournaments are not CFC-rated: no club members have CFC

membership - For further information, contact David Ho at ajaxchessclub@gmail.com

( from TCN Liaison for Ajax CC, David Ho)

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SOUTH-WESTERN ONTARIO Tournaments Hamilton Winter Open

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This 5 round swiss, presented by The Hamilton City Chess Club, was played March 23 & 24, in 3 sections: Top Guns, U2000 and U1600 Top Guns and U2000 will play for cash prizes U1600 will play for trophies To play in the top guns section you must be 1900 or higher To play in the U2000 section you must be 1500 or higher Please Note: Unrated players are not eligible for the U2000 prize (Unrated players may play in the Top Guns or U1600 section) It was played at Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, 1715 Main Street East, Hamilton, Ontario Organizers: Garvin Nunes, Bob Gillanders, Michel Vasquez, Joe Ellis, Gordon Gooding

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Section Winners: Top Guns 1st Victor Plotkin with 4.5 points Tied 2nd Roman Sapozhnikov, Hans Jung, Mike Ivanov with 3.5 points U2000 1st Rob Gashgarian with an amazing 5 points 2nd Mario Moran-Venegas with 4 points Tied 3rd Richard Chen, Wenyang Ming, Mario Piccinin with 3.5 points U1600 1st Gary Hua with 4.5 points Tied 2nd Nameer Issani, Nicholas Vettese, Adrian Calugar, Alex Shlega with 4 points Top Section Table – Rd. 5

Roman Sapozhnikov at back of table; Razvan Preotu with back to us at table..

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This was a SWOCL grand prix event Website: chesshamilton.mygamesonline.org Chess Club News Hamilton City Chess Club News Meetings: Friday Nights Website: http://chesshamilton.mygamesonline.org/news.php Email: chesshamilton@gmail.com Location: Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School 1715 Main Street East (near Parkdale) Hamilton, Ontario (by TCN Liaison for Hamilton CC, Bob Gillanders) - no report submitted Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club News

Meetings: Tuesdays – regular meeting

Sunday afternoons – Youth Club

Location: Kitchener City Hall ( located in the heart of downtown Kitchener at 200 King Street West ), the 'Conestoga Room' behind the rotunda on the main floor, and in the 'Learning Room' on the 2nd Floor.

Website: www.kwchessclub.com/ ( by TCN Liaison for K-W CC, Kai Gauer )

- no report submitted

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TCN Readers’ Section Teaching Classic Games of Chess: by Columnist FM Hans Jung, chess coordinator, City of Kitchener, Ontario.

Introduction This series of columns is for the lover of great, exciting games of chess. It is constructed as a guide for chess teachers and students at all levels of chess (beyond beginner) to provide short, enjoyable “teaching” games. The mostly tournament games are models of perfect play and highlight the abilities of one piece coordinating with other pieces. These models illuminate the mind and provide guiding examples at critical points of a chess player's play. What I understood a long time ago in my own learning path in chess is that playing through the best games of the great masters stirs a feeling inside which I now identify as a passion for the beauty and excitement of exceptional chess ideas. This is the path to the love of chess. The true chess lover seeks those ideas and absorbs them. Everything else is a quick fix or poor simulation. The mind becomes bored with repetition of technical ideas and poor imitation. However, these great games never fail to awaken the passion for the beauty of chess! This collection of quality games was a long process of collecting teaching chess games and, initially, just committing them to memory. After years of frustration in constantly looking up most of the games in obscure, old-fashioned chess books and often dealing with old, stilted annotations (if indeed there were any annotations at all at critical points of these games!), I decided the only way to relieve these frustrations was to write my own annotations. A major feature of this column is that the important ideas and turning points, as well as major tactical and strategic themes, are pointed out and identified both for the teacher and the student. This enables clear identification for further research. Nowhere else in chess literature have I found this clear, listed identification of strategic and tactical themes.

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Every game shows the excitement and beauty of a unique conception — a marvellous idea of coordination of pieces brought to fruition in an exciting finish of perfection by the hand of a master. Chess players, at their most enthusiastic, speak of brilliant games they recall and sparkling ideas forever lodged in their subconscious. I hope you will find the game presentations illuminating and enjoyable. Game 6 — Philidor’s Passed Pawn Endgame

Philidor Portrait from L’analyze des échecs. London, second edition, 1777. Sheldon – Philidor London, England, 1788 Francois Philidor's famous saying is "Pawns are the soul of chess." He was a court musician during the reign of Louis(s), the kings of France. He was the strongest player of his time (from 1750 to almost 1800). He wrote down the rules and principles of pawn play. In this game he starts building a pawn center right away and the play of the pieces revolves around control of the center. 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 4. Bd3? The bishop is poorly placed on d3. 4... Bd6 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nc3 f5! XIIIIIIIIY 9rsnl+k+ntr0 9zpp+-wq-zpp0 9-+pvl-+-+0 9+-+pzpp+-0 9-+-+P+-+0 9+-sNL+N+-0 9PzPPzPQzPPzP0 9tR-vL-mK-+R0 xiiiiiiiiy subDiagram # 6.1 and Black will win a piece with the pawn fork on e4. 4... cxd5

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XIIIIIIIIY 9rsnlwqkvlntr0 9zpp+-+pzpp0 9-+-+-+-+0 9+-+pzp-+-0 9-+L+-+-+0 9+-+-+N+-0 9PzPPzP-zPPzP0 9tRNvLQmK-+R0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram # 6.2 5. Bb3 5. Bb5+ does not win a pawn. 5... Bd7 6. Nc3 d4 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 and White gains nothing. 5... Nc6 6. d4 White immediately counterattacks with a pawn lever in the center (pawn d2 to d4) to get a share of the center and also to fix Black’s pawns on d5 and e4 so that he can later attack Black’s center pawns with the pawn levers c4 and f3 (as happens in the game). 6... e4 Note that 6... exd4?? would be a bad positional mistake. Black should keep the center pawns on the board and together. 7. Nxd4 White has an isolated (by itself without other pawn protection) d5-pawn target. 7. Ne5 Be6 8. O-O f6! XIIIIIIIIY 9r+-wqkvlntr0 9zpp+-+-zpp0 9-+n+lzp-+0 9+-+psN-+-0 9-+-zPp+-+0 9+L+-+-+-0 9PzPP+-zPPzP0 9tRNvLQ+RmK-0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram # 6.3 The tickler! (an irritating pawn attack of a piece — in this case the knight on e5) Daring pawn play! Black forces the knight on e5 to capture c6 strengthening his central pawn structure. 9. Nxc6 If 9. Qh5+?? g6 10. Nxg6 Bf7 A handy defensive pin! 11. Bxd5 Bxg6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qd1 creates a mess in Black's position but Black has an extra bishop.

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9... bxc6 Forming a central pawn chain (c6–d5–e4). 10. f3! A pawn lever attacking the central pawn chain right away. 10... f5 XIIIIIIIIY 9r+-wqkvlntr0 9zp-+-+-zpp0 9-+p+l+-+0 9+-+p+p+-0 9-+-zPp+-+0 9+L+-+P+-0 9PzPP+-+PzP0 9tRNvLQ+RmK-0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram # 6.4 11. Be3 11. fxe4 fxe4 12. Qh5+ Kd7! and Black is better because of the protected passed pawn on e4. 12... g6?? 13. Qe5 Qd7 threatening Bg7 (14. Qxh8?? Bg7 15. Qxh7 Bxd4+ 16. Kh1 Qxh7 winning the queen.) 14. Rxf8+! takes away the trapping bishop! Kxf8 15. Qxh8 and White is up a bishop. 11... Nf6 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. c4 XIIIIIIIIY 9r+-wqk+-tr0 9zp-+-+-zpp0 9-+pvllsn-+0 9+-+p+p+-0 9-+PzPp+-+0 9+L+-vLP+-0 9PzP-sN-+PzP0 9tR-+Q+RmK-0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram # 6.5 A third pawn lever attacking the central pawn structure. The central tension is almost at a maximum. 13... O-O Developing is better than winning a piece with 13... f4 which opens up Black's king to counterplay 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nxe4 fxe3 16. Ba4+. 14. Ba4 Qc7!

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XIIIIIIIIY 9r+-+-trk+0 9zp-wq-+-zpp0 9-+pvllsn-+0 9+-+p+p+-0 9L+PzPp+-+0 9+-+-vLP+-0 9PzP-sN-+PzP0 9R-+Q+RmK-0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram # 6.6 Defence and counterattack aimed at h2. 15. f4 Allows the knight on f6 to attack but what else can White play? A) 15. g3? Bxg3 16. hxg3 Qxg3+ 17. Kh1 f4! 18. Bg1 e3! 19. Nb1 Qh3+ 20. Bh2 Nh5 21. Kg1 Rf5 threatening Rg5+ is mating White. B) 15. h3 Bh2+ 16. Kf2 (16. Kh1 Nh5) 16... f4! is also horrible. 15... Ng4 16. Qe2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 c5!! XIIIIIIIIY 9r+-+-trk+0 9zp-wq-+-zpp0 9-+-vll+-+0 9+-zpp+p+-0 9L+PzPpzP-+0 9+-+-wQ-+-0 9PzP-sN-+PzP0 9tR-+-+RmK-0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram # 6.7 Excellent strategy and pawn play based on tactical threats! Black is ready to change his pawn chain into connected passed pawns! 18. Nb3 A) 18. dxc5?? Bxc5 pins queen to king. B) 18. cxd5?? cxd4! creates connected passed pawns 19. Qxd4?? Bc5 20. Rac1 Bxd4+ wins White’s queen with check. 18... dxc4 18... cxd4 was also playable but unnecessarily gives White tactical possibilities. 19. Nxc5 Bxc5

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20. dxc5 Rac8 21. c6 Rfd8 XIIIIIIIIY 9-+rtr-+k+0 9zp-wq-+-zpp0 9-+P+l+-+0 9+-+-+p+-0 9L+p+pzP-+0 9+-+-wQ-+-0 9PzP-+-+PzP0 9tR-+-+RmK-0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram # 6.8 Black's pieces are better placed and he has a protected passed pawn on e4 but how does he keep building his position? 22. Rfd1 Rd3! XIIIIIIIIY 9-+r+-+k+0 9zp-wq-+-zpp0 9-+P+l+-+0 9+-+-+p+-0 9L+p+pzP-+0 9+-+rwQ-+-0 9PzP-+-+PzP0 9tR-+R+-mK-0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram # 6.9 This is how! Use an advanced rook outpost on an open file to help double rooks (by playing Rcd8) increasing pressure of active pieces. An outpost is pawn support of an active piece and that piece cannot be attacked by pawns. This allows a piece to “anchor” itself in the opponent's position. 23. Rxd3 23. Qc5 Rcd8 24. Bc2 Rd2! XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-tr-+k+0 9zp-wq-+-zpp0 9-+P+l+-+0 9+-wQ-+p+-0 9-+p+pzP-+0 9+-+-+-+-0 9PzPLtr-+PzP0 9tR-+R+-mK-0 xiiiiiiiiy subDiagram # 6.10

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Allows the rook to occupy the important seventh rank. The seventh rank in the opponent's position is the best place for rooks because more targets are found on this rank than anywhere else! — for example: pawns, king position, and even open space to get behind weak pawns. 23... cxd3 XIIIIIIIIY 9-+r+-+k+0 9zp-wq-+-zpp0 9-+P+l+-+0 9+-+-+p+-0 9L+-+pzP-+0 9+-+pwQ-+-0 9PzP-+-+PzP0 9tR-+-+-mK-0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram # 6.11 Notice how Black keeps finding ways to form connected passed pawns. Connected passed pawns are doubly stronger than two individual passed pawns because of the opportunity of advancing together and the pressure they create on the opponent trying to defend. 24. Bb3? Bxb3 This removes an important defender. 25. axb3 Qb6 26. Kf2 Qxe3+? XIIIIIIIIY 9-+r+-+k+0 9zp-+-+-zpp0 9-+P+-+-+0 9+-+-+p+-0 9-+-+pzP-+0 9+P+pwq-+-0 9-zP-+-mKPzP0 9tR-+-+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram # 6.12 Too rushed. Better was 26... Rxc6 threatening Rc2+ moving White’s king away from defending the queen. 27. Kxe3 Rxc6 28. Rxa7 Rd6

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XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+-+k+0 9tR-+-+-zpp0 9-+-tr-+-+0 9+-+-+p+-0 9-+-+pzP-+0 9+P+pmK-+-0 9-zP-+-+PzP0 9+-+-+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram # 6.13 Normal procedure is to put a rook behind a passed pawn to help push it into becoming a queen. But here White has the defence of 29. Ra1 and Rd1. So 28... Rc2 is more efficient and the rook will capture most of White's remaining pawns. 29. Kd2 However, White does not find the rook defence so . . . 29... e3+ 30. Kxe3? If 30. Kd1 the accurate 30... g5! is a pawn lever which breaks open White's position. 31. fxg5 (31. g3?? gxf4 32. gxf4 Rg6 will checkmate) Rc6 32. Rd7 (32. Re7 f4) e2+ 33. Kd2 Rc2+ 34. Kxd3 e1=Q 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Kxc2 Qe4+ creates a passed f-pawn and a won endgame for Black. 30... d2 31. Ra1 d1=Q White resigned. 0-1 Review of Game 6 Strategic Themes Tactical Themes Setting up a strong center. Counterattack of the central pawn structure with pawn levers. The formation of the pawn chain. Dynamic pawn play to breakthrough in center. Removing defenders to setup pawn breakthroughs. Subvariation of how to attack when White weakens his kingside pawn structure. Rook play on the open file. The seventh rank and how to use it. Connected passed pawns in the endgame.

Move 3... d5 a pawn fork forcing control of the center. Moves 6. d4, 10. d3, 13. c4, and 17.... c5 are pawn levers forcing play in the center. Move 8... f6 the tickler! (an irritating pawn attack of a minor or major piece). Notes after 14.... Qc7, attack on the kingside. Moves 16.... Nxe3, 24.... Bxb3, and 26.... Qxe3+ remove the defender. Active rook play. Move 29... e3+ forcing the passed pawn through.

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Ken’s Chess Trivia (questions/presentations researched by columnist Ken Kurkowski,

Scarborough CC Treasurer, and TCN Liaison for SCC) Last Issue’s Chess Trivia was the Question: Q. How many of the World Chess Champions NEVER visited Canada (in their capacity as chess-players, purely personal visits not counting)?

The Answer is:

I have a list of 6: : Morphy Smyslov Petrosian Topalov Kramnik Anand I actually am not sure of the answer, though this is my best attempt. So I may have to be corrected.

TCN Bragging Rights:

Ken stumped the TCN readers with this one – no winner!

The TCN Chess Trivia Grand Prix Ed.: We will keep track of the winners each Issue from Jan. 1/13. The player with the most wins by and including the Dec. 15/13 Issue wins the prize – bragging rights + Picture published + a few biographical chess facts – in the Jan. 1/14 Issue. Michael von Keitz – 3 – Jan. 15/ Feb. 1/ March 1. Rick Garel – 2 – Jan. 1/ Feb. 15. No Winner – 1 – March 15

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Today’s Trivia Question is: A world championship candidates’ match was once decided via a spin of a roulette wheel. Who were the players involved, and who was the (lucky) winner? You can use any resource available to answer the question ! Just find it fast and send it in as fast as you can, by e-mail, to Ken: kkurkowski@rogers.com The first correct e-mail received wins, and gets bragging rights. Also, we will publish the honoured winner’s name in the next newsletter, along with a few details they provide as to their chess experience ( if they wish ), along with the researched answer. Thanks for playing !! Chess History is fun !! Also write Ken if you have any chess trivia questions or presentations you’d like him to consider for his column. We will give credit to the author if we use your suggestion. TCN Readers’ Chess “Sightings” This column invites readers to submit situations where they unexpectedly have come upon a “chess theme” (e.g. in advertising, etc.) Your editor, Bob Armstrong, was visiting his mother-in-law in a long term care facility over the Easter weekend, and on the main floor, against the wall, was a large poster promoting “Nutrition Month”. It showed a chessboard, and along the close side of the board were four chess pieces in the central squares ( all more or less resembling a King or Queen), and all were made out of various types of nutritious food, piled up in the chess piece shape. And the caption for it read: “It’s your MOVE; best FOOD forward!” A surprising situation for a chess theme! TCN Readers Have Questions This column invites readers to submit to TCN any type of chess question they wish (e.g. What does FIDE stand for?), and TCN will try to find the answer. TCN’s “Readers’ Opinion” Column Got a chess issue that has been bothering you for a while? Got a favourite chess topic that you’ve always wanted to share with other chess players? Read something in TCN that you profoundly agreed with, or maybe (surely not !) disagreed with? We are very open to publishing freelance articles and comments from our readers. Drop us a line, and we’ll read it over, and let you know if we’d like to use it. Also, if you would like us to cover some topic, send us your idea, and we’ll see if we can write something up on it.

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Finally, we love to hear from our readers on how we’re doing, good, bad or indifferent. Drop a line to the editor, and give us your suggestions, comments and general feedback. Tournament Notices Guelph Spring Pro-Am April 6-7, 2013 Peter Clark Hall, Guelph University Centre 5 Round Swiss; 3 Sections: FIDE Rated Pro, FIDE Rated U2000, U1600 Players may play up if current rating is within 100 points of rating floor. Cost is $20, proceeds to the Olympic Fund. Round Times: Saturday 10:am, 2:00pm, 6:00pm, Sunday 10:00am, 2:30pm Time Control: Round 1 G/60 +30 sec, Rounds 2-5 G/90 + 30 sec Entry Fees: Pro Section $60, others $40. Late Fee: $10.00 on site Half Point Byes: in rounds 1-4 may be requested in advance Prizes: $55 per Pro player returned as prizes. Trophies awarded in other sections Register: Mail to TD Hal Bond, 205 – 105 Conroy Crescent, Guelph, ON N1G 2V5, email halbond@sympatico.ca, or cash on site from 8:30-9:30 am Saturday. Players registering after 9:30 Saturday may not receive a swiss pairing in first round. Equipment, snacks and refreshments provided by organizer. GTCL Cup – GTCL Rapid Teams Championship When: Monday, April 8th; start time - 7:00 pm sharp ( registration @ 6:30 PM) Where: 918 Bathurst, Great Hall, Annex Chess Club Format: 5 Round Team Swiss in single playing section Rounds: Round 1 at 7:30pm, expected 45 minutes between round start times Time Control: 15 minutes with 5 seconds increment from move 1 Entry Fee: $5 per player or $20 per team (free for ACC members) Teams Composition: Four players, plus one alternate (optional) Registration: On-site between 6:30pm - 7pm or in advance by e-mail CFC Quick-Rated: Players must have updated CFC membership Organizer: Marcus Wilker, Annex Chess Club Arbiter: Alex Ferreira 2013 Toronto Closed Championship April 15 to June 10, 2013

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GTCL Event: The Toronto Closed is sanctioned by the Greater Toronto Chess League, which also pays rating fees and provides the trophy Championship Format: an 8-player round robin comprised of the highest rated Toronto players who apply - but the defending Toronto Champion and the 2012 Reserve winner qualify automatically Reserve Section: eight additional players – and the winner qualifies for next year’s Championship Time Control: game in 90 minutes, with a 30-second increment from move one CFC & FIDE-rated: Championship section rated by the Chess Federation of Canada (CFC) and the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Chief Arbiter: Alex Ferreira Prizes (based on 16 players): o First Place – $400 and trophy

o Second Place – $200

o Reserve 1st – $180 and qualify for next year

o Reserve 2nd – $100 Entry Deadline: Entries must be received online or at Annex Chess Club by April 1 @ 7:00 pm Location

Annex Chess Club @ 918 Bathurst just north of Bloor (near Bathurst subway)

•first set of lights north of Bloor •one block from Bathurst subway

Game Time Monday nights @ 7:30 pm seven rounds, April 15 to June 10

Entry Fee $90 ($10 discount for ACC members) up-to-date CFC membership is required

Oriole CC Simul – Can. IM Aman Hambleton

IM Aman Hambleton is coming to Oriole again. Here is a link to the Simul given by Aman at

Oriole last June.

Aman's performance then became the focus of the whole Canadian chess community. Within the

past few months, he has a dramatic improvement. He was awarded the IM (International Master)

title and he has won 5 IM and 1 GM (Grand Master) norms. He has a rocketing jump FIDE

rating from 2226 to 2472.

We are proud to present another simul exhibition given by IM Aman Hambleton on April 28,

2013.

The main reason to host this simul at Oriole again because both the participants and Aman

enjoyed the last one very much. Aman is selected by Chess Federation of Canada as the official

representative to the Continental tournament in Bolivia in May (6th-15th) where he can win a

spot to the World Cup knockout tournament in Norway August 2013. We are proud and happy to

sponsor one of the strongest Canadian players.

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Like last time, we will first have our regular Sunday tournament at 1:00. IM Aman Hambleton

will present the awards of the tournament at 3:15. Then we start the simul at 3:30. The fee for the

simul is $10, pay on site. The gross income of the regular tournament and simul will go to the

fund.

To register for the regular tournament on April 28, please use the regular webform as usual.

To register for the simul, please use webform

at http://senecahillchess.com/2013/02/07/fundraising-simul-at-oriole-april-2013/. It is limited

to 24 players.

2013 Toronto Youth Championship (CYCC Qualifier) – Advance Notice Date: May 19, 2013 (U8, U10, U12, U14,U16,U18 - Boys and Girls) City: Toronto, Ontario Contact: Yuri(Iuri) Lebedev: lebedev@post.com Place: Finch subway Station, 5635 Yonge Street, Suites 201-202, Toronto,M2M 3S9. Please, note that TTC parking is free on Sundays. Rds: 5 Round Times: 2:00pm, 3:05pm, 4:10pm, 5:30pm and 6:35pm Type: Swiss or Round Robin depending on the number of players in the groups TC: G/30 EF: $25 before April 15; $30 before May 6; $40 cash only (on-site) Prizes: Medals will be awarded for top 3 finishers in each section. This is a qualifying tournament for the 2013 Canadian Youth Chess Championships. Players achieving a score of 2.5 or better will qualify (subject to approval of the CFC Youth coordinator) to participate in the 2013 CYCC in Ottawa in July 2013. Website: https://sites.google.com/site/theknightsofchess/home Community Bulletin Board Queens & Kings Juniors Chess School - group classes and private coaching - contact: Mike McArthur - leahcim8@rogers.com Seneca Hill Chess Club - Small group lessons and weekly tournaments - North York and Markham/Richmond Hill -http://senecahillchess.com [ if you would like to add your chess school, club or private coaching to our free bulletin board, just contact us.] ________________________________________________________________________ NOTES: A - Contact Bob Armstrong, editor. , at Canadian Chess Consulting Service (canadianchessconsultingservice@gmail.com) to :

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